HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE HAGUE CONVENTION NETWORK

With Thanksgiving just days away, we take this opportunity to express our gratitude to you for participating in the Hague Convention Attorney Network! You are part of a truly generous nationwide all-volunteer network that has made the Hague Convention remedy an affordable reality for hundreds of parents in Treaty-partner countries. It cannot be said often enough: THANK YOU!

Hague Convention Attorney Network NEWS

The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (“ICARA”), formerly codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 11601 – 11610, is now codified at 22 U.S.C. §§ 9001 – 9011. • Click here for a section-by-section breakdown of the transfer of ICARA code sections from Title 42 to Title 22. • Click here for the complete text of ICARA.

The International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. § 9101 et seq.), enacted in August, provides a new tool to prevent abductions from the United States. The law requires Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to prevent a child from departing the United States “if a parent or legal guardian of such child presents a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting the removal of such child from the United States to a CBP Officer in sufficient time to prevent such departure for the duration of such court order.” • Click here for the text of the Act. Scroll to Title III, § 433. • For more information about the new ‘Operation Prevent Depart’ program, or assistance preventing an abduction, contact the Office of Children’s Issues Prevention Branch: PreventAbduction@state.gov and 1-888-407-4747.